Legal Documents of Jefferson City

Officers of the police department are hereby further authorized, when reasonably necessary for the security of the vehicle or to prevent obstruction of traffic, to cause to be towed and impounded any vehicle whose operator is arrested or any unattended vehicle which is parked so as to constitute an obstruction or hazard to normal traffic or is found to have outstanding unpaid parking citations. Any vehicle impounded pursuant to this section or § 15-703 shall be stored until the owner or other person entitled to possession claims it, gives satisfactory evidence of ownership or right to possession, pays all applicable towing and storage costs, and presents evidence that all city parking citations have been paid, or until it is otherwise lawfully disposed of. As an alternative to towing and impoundment of vehicles found to have outstanding unpaid parking citation fines, officers are authorized

to utilize a wheel locking device to immobilize the vehicle until such time as evidence is presented that all city parking citation fines have been paid. (1996 Code, § 9-604, as amended by Ord. #99-23, Jan. 2000)